Grave-vault



(No Model.)

. J. F. WINGHYELL.

Grave Vault."

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS Mala N. PETERS Photo'- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. WIN OHELL, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO KATE J. POTTER AND JOSEPH E. HEFFELFINGER, OF SAME PLACE, AND ALBERT G. RAM- SEY, or KENTON, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,404, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed March 29, 1881.

To all whom it. may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F; WINOHELL, a citizen of the United States, resident at Spring field, in the county of Clarke and State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grave-Vaults; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itap 1o pertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is arepresentation of a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 is a perspective detail.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for protecting graves.

The invention consists in the combination of the bottom, having the spring-catches, with the cover, having the movable catch-plates of peculiar form, as set forth and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, A is the base of the proteetor,which is made by rollingout the sheet metal, at the same time turning up the edges a in finishing.

In putting up the device for use, kerfs are made, ends B turned up, and the laps b'riveted down. This forms a simple bottom all in one piece.

0 O are spring-catches, securely riveted to the bottom inside the turned-up sides and ends, as shown, there being a space between said turned-up edges and the heads 0 0 turned outward.

D are guide-pins, firmly fastened in the corners of the bottom, a space being between them and the sides and ends. The tops of these pins are curved inward on the diagonal lines of the bottom, as shown.

E is the cover, made of a middle sheet, e, running lengthwise and curved transversely, and the ends 6. These'are firmly secured together by riveting or otherwise, the whole thus being in one piece. The exterior width and 5 length of this cover are the same as those of (No model.)

the interior of the bottom, so that the cover fits snugly inside the latter.

F are catch-plates, made wedge-shaped, and having the ears f, one provided with a perforatioinf, the other with a slot,f opening 0 toward the edge of the wedge.

Secured to the sides and ends of the cover, and projecting inward, are screw-threaded bolts G, arranged in pairs, the pairs corresponding in number with the spring-catches on the bottom, and located so that when the catchplates are in place and the cover put on the catch-plates and spring-catches will come togeth er. The catches are held in place by pass ing one of the bolts G through the perforated 6o earf, and the slotted ear is slipped over the other bolt of the pair and nuts screwed on the ends of the bolts.

In packing, the nuts are loosened and the slotted ear swung from its bolt and the plates 6 5 turned on the other bolt. In this way, when the parts are put together, the spring-catches have nothing to engage and the device can be readily separated for use.

In using the device, the catch-plates are 0 swung to place, the nuts tightened, and the cover slipped in place, the guide-pins facilitating the operation. The edge of the cover comes snug within that of the bottom and the spring-catches snap over the plates.

To better put on the cover, eyes or handles H are attached to outsidethereof.

I claim The combination of bottom A, having the spring-catches O O, with the cover E, having the wedge-shaped catch-plates F, hinged at one side and removably held at the other, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I at'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES F. WINOHELLQ Witnesses:

THEo. MUNGEN, PHILIP U. MASI. 

